The Idaho Shakespeare Festival produced “Les Miserables” in 2014, the largest musical in its history. It will produce “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in the summer of 2017, a show that will top that, adding a 16-voice choir to the stage. Katherine JonesIdaho Statesman file

The Idaho Shakespeare Festival produced “Les Miserables” in 2014, the largest musical in its history. It will produce “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in the summer of 2017, a show that will top that, adding a 16-voice choir to the stage. Katherine JonesIdaho Statesman file

Want to sing with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival? Audition for ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’

If you’ve ever wanted to perform on the Idaho Shakespeare Festival stage, then here’s your chance. ISF is holding community auditions for its musical production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

The show plays in repertory from June 30-Sept. 1.

This is the first time the Shakespeare Festival has reached out and created this opportunity for the community to get involved in a production.

This musical is inspired by the 1996 Disney animated film, voiced by Demi Moore and Jason Alexander, and adapted from Victor Hugo’s novel. It tells the tragic story of two outsiders: the deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo and the gypsy Esmeralda.

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In 2015, Menken (“The Little Mermaid”) and Schwartz (“Wicked”) were involved in the regional theater debut of the show at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, which was directed by Schwartz’ son Scott.

The music is lush and intricate and the choir helps create the mood and feel of the story that is set in and around Notre Dame in Paris, one of the most famous cathedrals in the world.

The festival is looking to cast two 16-member choirs with all voice types.

Auditions are at 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 8 and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 9, in the upstairs loft at Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St. You can sign up in the lobby starting one hour before the first call; no appointment is necessary.

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 8, and 1 to 5 p.m. April 9, in the upstairs loft at Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St. You can sign up in the lobby starting one hour before the first call; no appointment is necessary.

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